Protecting the Children in Custody: Disputes When One Parent Abuses the Other

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Domestic violence hurts children and may not end even after the parties separate. This article discusses biases in the law and the courts that disadvantage battered women and suggests ways to protect mothers and their children better from abusive fathers in custody disputes.

By Joan Zorza From April 1996